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Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World: Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice
Meyer, Elizabeth A. (University of Virginia)
Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World: Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice
Meyer, Elizabeth A. (University of Virginia)
The Romans wrote solemn religious, public and legal documents on wooden tablets. This book investigates the historical significance of this practice: its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its spread to the provinces; and its influence on the evolution of Roman law.
372 pages, 9 figures
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 12, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780521497015 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 372 |
Dimensions | 162 × 236 × 27 mm · 756 g |
Language | English |